St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-05
WILLTHEYHhnC?
joe Howard Hints at a Posi-
bility of COMMITTED Sem
tences,
For the Seven Men Now
Awaiting Death in the Cook
County Jail.
The Legal Aspect Of the Sit
uation Discussed at Some
Length.
Acceptance on the Part OF a
Criminal a Prime Ne
eessity.
If He Refuses Pardon, or a
Mitigation Of His Pun
iShment,
Then the Original Sentence
Must Be EXeeuted--De-
velopmentS.
Special 10 the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO. Nov. 4.-IgnOrance is eX-
cusable. but ii is difficult for ordinary
men tO make allowance for intelligent
Obstinacy. The seven men condemned
10 death. while if not of high intel
lectual strain and not of special scho-
1astic attainment. are intelligent enti-
ties. Unfortunately seclusi0n from
contact with the mass of their fellow
men has rendered it impossible for
them apparently for them TO judge ac-
curately the common feeling about
them and their crime. In spite OF eX-
plantations given them by we'll
meaning friende they insist
on believing themselves heroes
and factors in great world
renowned drama whose motive and con-
trolling spirit is the good of the people
of tlfe universe. Down to yesterday
each of the seven preserved with equal
gravity his countenance while he dis
cussed the most unmitigated nonsense
concerning the rights Of man, the
inalienable prerogativeS of such as
they. To-day a change has come over
the spirit OF their dreams and some OF
them rooSt very much lower than they
have at any time since the night when
the bomb, made by one Of the number,
was flung with the consent of them all
into a cOngregated multitude. From
that time until now they have curled the
lip of defiance and smiled the smirk of
ConGemptuous Disregard
whenever law OF laws procedure and
laws ultimate act were mentioned.
To-day they parade their wives ana
children, their sweethearts and other
female addenda as hooks upon rack
and seek to pose upon them the gar
ments of mercy. insignia of woe and
deSolation. hoping thereby to stir the
great heart of the American public
into con ioincd pCtitioE-tO such ag-
greeate desire that the governor of
the state will be virtually forced into an
act which his good Judgment does not
and cannot approve.
That these good women and little chill
dren will suffer if their husbands and
Friday next, yes.
That it will be a terrible experience
for these women and children, yes
But how about the women and chill
dren, the wives and sweethearts of the
policemen hurried from their sphere of
duty to that wide-horizoned country be-
yOnd the river of life? During all these
months of anxiety and apprehension
their sufferingS have been keen. They
have missed the coming of the husband,
the protection of the father. the cheer of
the companion. III all the
Comments OF the Press.
In all the petitions of the friends of
the anarchists, in all the wild har-
rangues in the forum on the street cars
and in the petty halls have yet to en-
counter the first word of sympathy, the
first sentence pregnant with commisser-
alton for the wives, the Sweethearts, the
children of the policemen killed in the
Haymarket square. 1t is an unfortu-
nate fact that women are the ones who
invariably suffer. Spies and his gang
may walk head up and heart up to the
steps of the scatiOld and face the future
with unblanched eye, because sus-
tanned by an immOderate degree of self
cOnceit and a self-sufficiency that is pos
itively amazing, and under other cir
cumstances would he most amusing.
But to the women and children there
comes the dark, uniluminated side of a
terrible disaster. No great fund will
be prepared for their support. No
cheering word from significant periodi-
cals-daily, weekly, monthly-will be
uttered for their cheer. During their
entire lives they will be the target for
the finger of curiosity, and nothing but
abe memory Of that dreadful night and
long months of
Weary Solicitude
will remain to them as legacy of these
misguided, self-conceited fools.
1t is curious to note the extraordinary
developments that follow Oh the heels
of judicial action. As you know, some
Of these men shout in various languages,
"Give us liberty or give US DEATH" and
scout the idea of accepting guberna-
tOrial kindness in the shape of a COM
mutation. Well, do you know, that
their cunning lawyers. we'll paid for
most adroit service, are using their OBJ
stinacy as hook OH which to hang a
plea in their behalf, and in their en-
deavor to frighten the authorities they
insist that in the event of c0mmuta-
ton of sentence, which is virtually a